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| The '''history of the ] in ]''' can be traced back to the 1500s, when the first Crypto-Jewish Sephardi immigrants began to arrive from ]. The current Jewish population of Panama is around 20,000 and is centered in Panama City. Small but growing, Panama has the largest Jewish population in Central America. | |||
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| The organized Jewish community in Panama has existed since the 1820s.<ref name="The Jews of Panama">{{cite web|url=https://www.bnaibrith.org/the-jews-of-panama-small-numbers-great-impact-html/ |title=The Jews of Panama: Small Numbers, Great Impact |publisher=] |accessdate=2022-09-25}}</ref> | |||
| During the 1990s, around 7,000 Jews lived in Panama, including around 1,000 Israelis.<ref name="Panama">{{cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/panama-virtual-jewish-history-tour |title=Panama Virtual Jewish History Tour |publisher=]}}</ref> By 2014, the Jewish population was between 12,000 to 14,000.<ref name="The Jews of Panama"/> | |||
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| The majority of Panamanian Jews keep kosher or keep a kosher kitchen at home. Panama City has several dozen establishments offering ], including restaurants, markets, bakeries, and catering services. Super Kosher is a 1,500 square meter kosher supermarket in ] that sells almost 10,000 kosher products. Importing kosher products from Europe, the US, Israel, and elsewhere, it is the largest kosher market in the world outside of Israel.<ref name="Panama"/> | |||
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The history of the Jews in Panama can be traced back to the 1500s, when the first Crypto-Jewish Sephardi immigrants began to arrive from Spain and Portugal. The current Jewish population of Panama is around 20,000 and is centered in Panama City. Small but growing, Panama has the largest Jewish population in Central America.
History
The organized Jewish community in Panama has existed since the 1820s.
During the 1990s, around 7,000 Jews lived in Panama, including around 1,000 Israelis. By 2014, the Jewish population was between 12,000 to 14,000.
Kosher food
The majority of Panamanian Jews keep kosher or keep a kosher kitchen at home. Panama City has several dozen establishments offering kosher food, including restaurants, markets, bakeries, and catering services. Super Kosher is a 1,500 square meter kosher supermarket in Panama City that sells almost 10,000 kosher products. Importing kosher products from Europe, the US, Israel, and elsewhere, it is the largest kosher market in the world outside of Israel.
References
- ^ "The Jews of Panama: Small Numbers, Great Impact". B'nai B'rith. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ^ "Panama Virtual Jewish History Tour". Jewish Virtual Library.
External links
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